It’s difficult to describe the feeling I have when I just sit silently and watch my kids. Briyana is nearly midway through her first year with a double-digit age. How do I make myself understand that she will be 11 years old in seven months? I have yet to really “accept” that she is entering the 5th grade this fall. Between now and the end …

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Wednesday, we loaded up and headed back to our hometown to take Barry’s cousin’s 6 year old daughter home who had been staying with us for almost a month. The kids had SUCH a good visit with her – I swear it was neverending playing, giggling, and messes the entire time LOL :)
During the less-than-24-hours we were in Hattiesburg, we decided to celebrate Father’s Day …

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Even though it’s 3am the morning AFTER our anniversary, I decided to record my thoughts (I may sound a bit delirious and my eyes are rolling around a bit). I love my husband and I am SO proud of where we are… How did we get here?
We loved each other in spite of everything else.

On June 7th, 2001 an 18-year-old, 6 …

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Over the years, I’ve written plenty of posts to and about my mom. No one is perfect, but for a single mother of two girls who worked 2+ jobs at a time, cleaned & painted houses, and not only kept us in church but TAUGHT us about Christ on a daily basis… well, she came as close to perfection in motherhood as you can get. …

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We spent last week at my mom’s so we did our egg hunt a little early… Doing the Easter egg hunt at my mom’s (which was my grandparent’s house) brought back SO many memories. I love going back home and spending time there. It’s almost surreal how just being there sort of makes all the years go away!

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Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of our oldest daughter, Briyana. She was born on February 6, 2000 but we planned her party closer to Valentine’s Day because it carried that theme. This morning, my husband got home from work and said, “I almost brought you something for Valentine’s Day but I figured y’all had enough junk yesterday.” We aren’t big on gifts and such, so …

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Briyana has been begging me for permission to straighten her hair for at least a year. She has been “over” her super-curly, typical biracial hair for far too long! Since she turned 10 last week, I decided to finally give in and buy her a flat iron to straighten her hair. I took her to WalMart and let her pick one out. She got a …

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At 10:31am yesterday, my oldest daughter became my first baby to reach a double-digit age. She turned ten years old. I cannot believe it’s been over a decade since we found out she was a girl… and then all of a sudden, she was born. She changed my life in ways I never expected. She was perfect. She was precious. She was my daughter… Time …

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I was born January 2, 1983 … Now, I’m officially 27 years old. Over my entire life, my mom has always told me 27 would be my best year. I’m SO excited to see what 2010 brings!! Or rather, I’m excited to see what I bring to 2010!
My little AvaBaby :)

My little ZoeBug :) haha

My first birthday gift… A super comfortable, pretty new bedding set!!!

The …

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Last year, I made a ton of great resolutions… most of which, I forgot all about {or lost interest in} before the calendar even hit February. This year, I’m going to be more realistic – AND I’m going to be practical. I’ve spent wasted way too much time over the last 12 months of my life. I’ve devoted countless hours to absolutely nothing… hours that …

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